By Tino Carnevale
It's a typical winter in Tasmania, with frosty mornings, sleet, snow, rain and really cold nights. The deciduous fruit trees are dormant, so it's the perfect time to plant them, transplant them, or give them a good prune.Tino is planting varieties of pear and quince. Most fruit trees need a pollinator. That is, they need a tree of the same type but different variety to pollinate their flowers. Tino has a William 'Bon Chretine' pear to pollinate the Beurre Bosc pear and vice versa. If you have a smaller sized yard, a quince tree is good because they're self-fertile, so you'll only need one tree. Another important thing to consider when selecting a fruit tree is shape or form. The Beurre Bosc Tino's chosen has excellent form and doesn't require much pruning. It's a good goblet shape with three to five laterals, evenly spaced around the main stem. Read more>
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